- The Jahwist, or
Yahwist,
often abbreviated J, is one of the most
widely recognized sources of the
Pentateuch (Torah),
together with the Deuteronomist...
- hypothesis,
which posits that the
Torah is the
result of two
major additions—
Yahwist and Priestly—to an
existing corpus of work.
Other scholars, such as Richard...
-
combining two
identifiable sources, the
Jehovist ("J"; also
called the
Yahwist) and the
Elohist ("E").
These sources were
subsequently found to run through...
-
literary strata within the Pentateuch,"
which have come to be
known as the
Yahwist (J), the
Priestly Writer (P), and the
Deuteronomist (D). Van
Seters ordered...
- four
source do****ents
underlying the Torah,
together with the
Jahwist (or
Yahwist), the
Deuteronomist and the
Priestly source. The
Elohist is so
named because...
- metalworker, Jubal, the
first musician, and Naamah. This
Lamech appears in the
Yahwist genealogy (the line of Cain); the
Priestly source has
another Lamech who...
- them
because they
considered the
latter to be
Yahwist heresy. The
Mesha Stele likewise mentions the
Yahwist orientation of the
Omrides ("And
Chemosh said...
-
earlier than the
first decades of the 4th
century BCE; on the
other hand the
Yahwist source has been
dated by some scholars,
notably John Van Seters, to the...
-
causing "moral decline" in Israel,
according to the
Yahwists.
Modern scholars argue that Ahab was a
Yahwist and
introduced Yahweh to the
Kingdom of
Judah via...
-
includes pro-
Yahwist kings like Jehu not
destroying Asherah poles,
despite violently suppressing non-
Yahwist cults. In addition, the
Yahwist inscription...
